OFW & Migration

Read more about the article Gov’t agencies eye unified move vs abuse of OFW children in Davao region
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional director Eduardo E. Bellido says the joint memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development will uphold the full protection of children of overseas Filipino workers. Bellido announces the signing of the MOA during Monday's Kapehan sa Davao press conference. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t agencies eye unified move vs abuse of OFW children in Davao region

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for a unified fight against the abuse of children who are left behind by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Davao City and the region.

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Read more about the article Pleading for mercy: Solons file House reso as calls mount to spare OFW on death row

Pleading for mercy: Solons file House reso as calls mount to spare OFW on death row

Gabriela Women’s partylist Rep. Emmi De Jesus and Arlene Brosas filed House Resolution 829 on Wednesday, urging President Rodrigo Duterte to seek executive clemency ?from the ?United Arab Emirates government ?for an overseas Filipino worker from General Santos City who is facing an execution.

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Read more about the article Some ASEAN countries not ready for “legally binding” document on protection of migrants’ rights

Some ASEAN countries not ready for “legally binding” document on protection of migrants’ rights

Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said some countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are not yet ready to commit to a legally binding document that will include the protection and promotion of the rights of the migrant workers in the ASEAN region.

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Read more about the article Filipino immigrants ?feel ?threatened by Trump’s policies

Filipino immigrants ?feel ?threatened by Trump’s policies

Ren Clacer, member of the New Jersey Filipino Women’s Organizing Committee, said they ?were alarmed with Trump's "unjust policies towards immigrants, the poor, people of color, and other marginalized groups - further oppressing people who are victims of US policies in their homelands."

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Read more about the article Migrant group calls for strengthening of ?protection for OFW families

Migrant group calls for strengthening of ?protection for OFW families

A migrant group here ?has urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to strengthen the protection mechanism of the migrants and their families instead of creating a policy that would prohibit mothers to leave young children to designated guardians while working abroad.

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